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lav. ng th r unexpected m aneuver* o f arch c rim in a l. (imeM%nic rrim o«
and thr most ingenious tricks provide th r unusual th rill» o f “ HuMing
M u rd crv” It u ill be genuine ple asure to read the d ean-eut, non
thalant. true murder mysteries related by Hubert Holcomb, master
detective.
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T H E C A R L IS L E M U R D E R C A S E
By BROWNING STREAT
PART ONE
W h e n members o f my fam ily suggested that w e spend
Pur annual vacation at a place called E a g le Rest, in the V i r
ginia mountains, last summer. 1 put in a protest.
T h e very
name o f E a g le Rest struck me as being a trifle dull.
As a
rub l like mv vacations to b e rather spicy— theaters, da n c -
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in g the p o p u la r shore resorts, and all that sort o f thing.
Consequently I could not imagine being a ble to enjoy these
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things in a little sum m er cam p situated a pproxim ately
twenty-five miles south o f the N o r f o lk anil W estern railroad.
So. as I say. I protested— although in vain!
In other words. Ute end o f June#
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found us high up in the mountains, mv cifTkr. In a few minute* wr were
with the Shenandoah Valiev literally embarked on a gruesome tale o f a
upon
death
spread at our feet like a vast green Chicagoan who came
tarpet.
violently
Attain, at the end o f two weeks,
On the tnurninir o f January IS 1918
m v fam ily prepared to return to the
so tlie varu wen! wt around ten
c ity —a course which I also objected o'clock a Mrs Jasper Carlisle called
to ' In short. I protested going into at headouarters and souKht out the
the mountains, then, after two w eek' M iv - iuk Persons Bureau
She was a
from
I
page
one»
Old Udv N a d), a 1st. foul-mouthed
«a s lK rw o m a n who w ru iril tx-rurtuai-
lv to be Mund tiK over a tub o ( wet
riot lie* IX- lirt'Millnj; ever the i l l ' l l
cookstovr in the kiU-lirn a itrewsv-
faertl woman who never Mopped
laundCrum other pevplr * ninth» ton*
tnouch to rlean her own. a massive,
dynamic woman with baleful Kray
ieve* concealed In tile fat o ( tier y e l
low cheeks who when d ie was not
stehuiK wtth bttler
wH-trttv over
her lot. was denouncing her d itit leas
and n r> r-d o-*rell brood wlU) w ater
fron t oaths
lake an avrtutliut rvU
«erne, she would swtx.p thm uch the
( aJle>
armed wlUi a clothes' slick
land an evil sinelliiut clay blur seek-
t Uut one o* her numerous brats or hkr
a amtesque character out o f a Shake
* • ‘,d
.,'f1
in the »lo o m o f her dlnttf kitchen
I., all there were six Nash children
and Verna was the oldest.
As In
most Southern towns Uure W i t UO
ir,,*nt officer* rounding u p ttie col-
none of ttie Nuth
chUdryn
offspring had troubled themselves
about school
They s c a m p e r ' d
through the trash heaps weed* and
bvp atlu o f tile grotesque B illy G o al
tame, getting Into all Mirts o f d ev il
ment. fighting, thieving and making
themselves generally obnoxious
Mr
Nosh could not and would not do
anything with them
Mrs Nosh, with all o f her aimless
bluster, was equally helpless
Tlx-
neighbors dared not say anything to
them for fear o f tlielr mother * ter-
n b lr tongue
So tl was
generally
agreed ui the environ* o f Billy G oat
lam e that the Nash fam ily was ab- I
olu trlv
impossible atul lost without
red. m otion
T h e ir lowest neighbors j
avoided them as a plague. Bv all
standards known to society, the house J
of Nash was hopeless
Conscious o f Her I barms
N or was Verna much d ifferen t at
first
W ith the rest she ran and I
romped, her rags
flapping In the
breeze, wallowing in the m ire with
tile other children contentedly eating
the greasy fat pork and corn bread
that was the fam ily's almost daily
fare. and Im agining that heaven con
sisted of an etern ity of such existence
But that was only until »lie was th ir
teen Then a com bination o f circum
stances radically changed her First,
her mother, weary o f taking care of
her. put her out to service wtth a [
; rich, white fam ily on the other side
of town
.Secondly
she
began to
change from a long-legged g a n g lin g :
boyish creature to the gentler, fuller
curves o f budding womanhood T h ird
lv
everybody
raved
about her ,
Fourthly, she found a big section o f ,
m irror on the dump
nearby,
one
W r had formed a sert of crim e-analyst Trio.
o f it. refused to leave— all o f which modest little woman about forty-nine
would indicate
that mv
ecneral years old. quietly but well dressed -
makeuo is akin som ewhat to that of the wife o f one of the wealthiest
Negroes in and about South Parkway
the stubborn ass.
Yet. seriously. I had a verv good at the time
reason for wishing to remain at the
O nce alone with the officer on duty.
mountain cam o a little longer, fo r I Mrs Carlgsle lost much o f her re-
had become
acquainted with
two
-. and. in tears, told a very
verv Interesting men during the day; ft range storv.
Jasper W. Carlisle, her husband.
and t h e r
I probably could have
managed to pull m v 'e lf away from
Continued on Page Five
Ralph Miles. I found mvseif drawn
mere and more to the personality of
the other man: to such an extent. In
fact, that I flatly refused to leave
E agle Rest under at least another
week.
T h e point Is. that one does not be
Sung and Played
come acquainted with Huber' H o l
comb. form er crack member i t the
Chicago Police
Department.
and
MEMPHIS
e a «lly forget the man; rertain lv not
BAND
after listening to his version o f the
'
. ie M urder Case, the IfttclM i
N9
M urder Case, the Simmons M urder
V -
Case, the Collins M urder Case, and j
the G riffin M urder Case the first of !
whioh I shall reconstruct here fo r !
V N
vour entertainm ent as accurately and ;
as briefly as possible, just as H olcom b |
related them to us.
T h e three o f us. Holcomb, Miles
and I. soon form ed a sort o f crim e- j
analysts association, and when other
vacationists
congregated
on
the j
south
veranda
or went
trekking :
am ong the pines, or any o f a hun- )
dred things, we would betake our- j
selves to a certain darkened corner. |
on the north veranda—a broad cor-|
ner
away from the crowds, and
rnuipped with three rather com fo rt
able chairs—and analyze.
*Ve must have presented the ap
pearance of three Negro politicians
on those nights— Holcomb, pow erfully
\ w M H B O A R D IE RE NADERS.
built, with a strong
dark-skinned
face
Ralph,
tall
cocoa-brown, a
handsome devil, and I.
I recall that we were talking about
detective storv
writers
that
first
night. Miles putting in the com plaint
tb a ’ they were becoming too stand
ardized In .style. And Holcomb
'-Those chaps." Holcomb remarked,
settling deepei into his chair, "a re all
righ t: but for mvseif. give me the
ra - stuff
cases that are on file In
every police departm ent in the coun
try
Yes sir. gentlemen,
truth Is
J u n g by
much mor fascinatin' than fiction
N o w s / i
For instance, you take the Carlisle
murder case.” . . .
Holcomb fumbled for his pipe ]
S h in e y lc w iY
M iles fired a cigarette. I reached for j
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